6:12: OK, let's get Abigail Breslin in here to show Melissa how it's done. I'm really pulling for that quirky film (Little Miss Sunshine) tonight.6:15: Surprisingly, I'm not totally repulsed by Melissa's gown, but Greg Proops is her best accessory. Love The. Proops. Although it seems like they're wasting time until someone worthwhile swings their way.6:17: Babel's composer Gustavo Santaolalla lets Joan in on his musical history, but I'm completely distracted by her giant red shoulders blocking half the screen.
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Jon Stewart
The 78th Annual Academy Awards 8:01: The opening scene just demonstrates why we love Jon Stewart: No one does self-deprecation so funny. Not even George Clooney. I think my dog would look great in a Steve Martin wig.
8:05: At first, the Hollywood royalty aren't laughing quite as hard as I am at Jon's jokes — especially not at the one about the suffering caused by movie piracy. But nothing brings people together like a Bjork joke. (She was trying on her gown and Cheney shot her!) And then the gay Western montage. Not even Stewart knows how to follow up that hilarity, so I'm not even gonna try. Brilliant.
8:16: Nicole Kidman's weird intro for the best-supporting-actor nominees has me thinking right away that Clooney will win. And then he does; self-deprecation keeps working wonders. "So I'm not winning director." The music starts after about 10 sec
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